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Round 2 – Divisional Playoffs – of our NFL Playoffs Challenge is in the books. We are at the halfway point and this is still a wide open competition for who is going to claim each of the coveted Top 5 money spots, including number one overall after the Super Bowl.

This was a very good week for the “home” side. Not that we (Throwdown) win anything as players are trying to earn points in this competition relative to one another. Throwdown1, this week manned by my “ringer”, Tim Grinstead or better known as member tttimmyg and writer of the Three Keys to Victory column all season, went 15-7. I focussed on the Throwdown2 account this week, and my record was 18-4.

You can guess what went right for both of us. We didn’t discuss strategy going in, as I just asked Tim to do the QB-Flex lineups, but apparently we each independently loved LeGarrette Blount this week and grabbed him whenever we could. Getting the first pick was big this week too, assuming it was used on Marshawn Lynch. Keenan Allen looked nothing like a rookie and scored the best at WR with his two scores.

The quarterbacks were all huddled together and none really stood out, except Tom Brady in a negative way about 10 points behind the other five starters. Jimmy Graham was shut down. I opted for Julius Thomas first at TE, but if I didn’t get him then I still fell for the name recognition of Graham a few times. Stellar season but bumbled it at the end for fantasy players with a poor Week 15, and mostly invisible playoffs.

Even with only a combined 11 losses in 44 games for Throwdown1 and Throwdown2, two of our players still managed to win both of their games this week. rhazes_darkk and Kjhawkey each went 2-0. Nicely done gentlemen. Adding to this accomplishment, rhazes_darkk won both of his games by 21+ points for the 0.5 point bonus in the standings, and he wins the weekly prize of $50 for this week.

r_d was clearly high on the Blount train. I liked Blount a lot, but waited expecting to get him later in most challenges, and I’m guessing Tim was the same. r_d took Blount in the 3rd round of his Throwdown2 draft. It paid off for him big time.

r_d pulls into a first place overall tie with mr_punisher, who went 1-1 for the week. mr_p holds the tie-breaker right now though, given his huge margin of victory in his DP win vs. Throwdown2. He won by a 109 points! Yes, I did field a lineup as bad as that sounds. He grabbed Lynch first overall, Blount in the 5th, Marques Colston, Anquan Boldin. I had Brady, Graham. It was a massacre. Definitely the largest margin of victory this week in the whole contest.

Kjhawkey is in third overall. Last week’s top player, raptors, falls to fourth. Then we have a logjam at the next six spots, all 2-2 and just half a point separating them.

One more quick props out to Fantasytaz, who was the only player who drafted LaVon Brazill in all of Fantasy Throwdown this week, not just our NFL Playoffs Challenge. Rewarded for his bold call with 2 touchdowns.

Okay, lets get to the weekly standings for Divisional Playoffs, followed by updated overall standings.

Divisional Playoffs Standings

W

L

W by 21+

Pts

Dif

1. rhazes_darkk

2

0

2

5.0

63.5

2. Kjhawkey

2

0

0

4.0

22.0

3. mr_punisher

1

1

1

2.5

80.4

4. awilde27

1

1

1

2.5

31.8

5. Bigchief37

1

1

1

2.5

-14.2

6. Scott Kuff

1

1

0

2.0

-3.7

7. NiteHawk55

1

1

0

2.0

-31.8

8. Doclate

1

1

0

2.0

-40.8

9. BeastModeCV

1

1

0

2.0

-44.8

10. Fantasytaz

0

2

0

0.0

-4.3

11. eddieprobro

0

2

0

0.0

-41.3

12. atcdav

0

2

0

0.0

-68.8

13. Airbus79

0

2

0

0.0

-78.0

14. j0eo1s

0

2

0

0.0

-80.9

15. spridlewv

0

2

0

0.0

-81.6

16. raptors

0

2

0

0.0

-86.2

17. jeffNFL

0

2

0

0.0

-88.2

18. Haysie

0

2

0

0.0

-92.1

19. ffrittle

0

2

0

0.0

-94.7

20. Wilforkisland

0

2

0

0.0

-97.7

21. Luxuriousdusti

0

2

0

0.0

-113.9

22. robmcangus

0

2

0

0.0

-118.2

Overall Standings

W

L

W by 21+

Pts

Dif

1. mr_punisher

3

1

3

7.5

171.2

2. rhazes_darkk

3

1

3

7.5

95.4

3. Kjhawkey

3

1

0

6.0

3.1

4. raptors

2

2

2

5.0

46.7

5. awilde27

2

2

1

4.5

31.0

6. spridlewv

2

2

1

4.5

-8.5

7. Bigchief37

2

2

1

4.5

-27.9

8. NiteHawk55

2

2

0

4.0

-27.8

9. BeastModeCV

2

2

0

4.0

-51.6

10. Luxuriousdusti

2

2

0

4.0

-91.6

11. eddieprobro

1

3

1

2.5

-21.9

12. atcdav

1

3

1

2.5

-39.3

13. Haysie

1

3

1

2.5

-49.1

14. Scott Kuff

1

3

0

2.0

-48.9

15. Airbus79

1

3

0

2.0

-88.0

16. j0eo1s

1

3

0

2.0

-100.8

17. jeffNFL

1

3

0

2.0

-103.4

18. ffrittle

1

3

0

2.0

-112.8

19. Doclate

1

3

0

2.0

-134.5

20. Fantasytaz

0

4

0

0.0

-55.8

21. Wilforkisland

0

4

0

0.0

-141.5

22. robmcangus

0

4

0

0.0

-239.7

Conference Championships

Conference Championships up next! Each person is due for another two games this week, but keep in mind the player pool is cut down to two-thirds its normal size because there are only two games on the schedule. When you accept your challenge, you only need to decide if you want the first pick in the draft, or the second plus third picks in the draft.

The lineups for this week are:

1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 O, 0 K, 1 DEF, 1 Block (Flex RB/WR/TE)

vs. Throwdown1, and:

1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DEF, 1 Block (no Flex)

vs. Throwdown2.

Games will be added shortly. Keep fighting to the end, because you can make up ground quickly in this competition. Same points are awarded this week as the last two weeks. Points are double for the Super Bowl, and there are still bonus points for how many times you drafted the eventual Super Bowl MVP, which we won’t know until the end of the big game on February 2nd. Good luck!

We kicked off a new format special event for the NFL Playoffs, and everyone who took the plunge and signed up appears to be very into it given the quick pace at which we got 44 challenges drafted last week. It is called the NFL Playoffs Challenge, and is played from Wild-Card Weekend through the Super Bowl, with each participant playing two games of Fantasy Throwdown per week against a representative from FT (most likely, me).

The more you win, and win big, the more points you score in the standings to rise up the ranks of the competition. We are excited to offer this event, because it is one method by which we can scale Fantasy Throwdown to allow more people to play in a combined competition than the leagues or tournaments we’ve run throughout the year.

Check the rules for details about the competition, but the basics are we had 22 entrants, they earn 2 points per win plus an extra half point if they win by 21 or more points. The first tie-breaker is points differential. The overall winner after the Super Bowl wins $300, and the Top 5 earn a prize. Plus there is a weekly $50 prize.

From what I would consider a somewhat bad drafting week – I drafted Jamaal Charles at every opportunity, then Jimmy Graham, plus I was high on Marques Colston, and had very few drafts with Alex Smith, Andrew Luck or T.Y. Hilton – the Throwdown1 account went 8-14. No surprise there. However the Throwdown2 account somehow produced a record of 15-7 for a combined record of just over .500.

As for our competitors, only four players went 2-0 for Wild-Card Weekend. Two of those four earned both blowout bonuses for winning by 21 plus fantasy points, so the weekly prize of $50 came down to the tie-breaker and was awarded to raptors, just edging out mr_punisher.

I have to give special recognition to member Haysie. Not only because it was his first ever game of Fantasy Throwdown, but because he recorded the biggest lopsided victory of the week. He won vs. Throwdown1 by 104.4! Damn! Luck to Hilton! Where was that Chiefs defense? The closest game of the week, Throwdown1 wins by 0.8 points over Wilforkisland.

Below are the weekly and overall standings after one week.

W

L

W by 21+

Pts

Dif

1. raptors

2

0

2

5.0

132.9

2. mr_punisher

2

0

2

5.0

90.8

3. spridlewv

2

0

1

4.5

73.1

4. Luxuriousdusti

2

0

0

4.0

22.3

5. Haysie

1

1

1

2.5

43.0

6. rhazes_darkk

1

1

1

2.5

32.0

7. atcdav

1

1

1

2.5

29.5

8. eddieprobro

1

1

1

2.5

19.4

9. NiteHawk55

1

1

0

2.0

4.0

10. awilde27

1

1

0

2.0

-0.8

11. BeastModeCV

1

1

0

2.0

-6.8

12. Airbus79

1

1

0

2.0

-10.0

13. Bigchief37

1

1

0

2.0

-13.7

14. jeffNFL

1

1

0

2.0

-15.2

15. ffrittle

1

1

0

2.0

-18.1

16. Kjhawkey

1

1

0

2.0

-18.9

17. j0eo1s

1

1

0

2.0

-19.9

18. Wilforkisland

0

2

0

0.0

-43.8

19. Scott Kuff

0

2

0

0.0

-45.2

20. Fantasytaz

0

2

0

0.0

-51.5

21. Doclate

0

2

0

0.0

-93.7

22. robmcangus

0

2

0

0.0

-121.5

Its still early, because there are two more games to be played for each of Divisional Playoffs and Conference Championships, plus one for Super Bowl worth double points, so everyone is still in it, and don’t forget there is a weekly prize up for grabs every week.

The game results from Wild-Card Weekend are included below. The Divisional round games will go in later today so we can get rolling with those. The lineups are similar to last week with one challenge a QB Flex option, and the other a Flex RB/WR/TE.

Thanks to everyone who is playing in the NFL Playoffs Challenge, and good luck the rest of the way!